/med'i tay"sheuhn/ , n.
1. the act of meditating.
2. continued or extended thought; reflection; contemplation.
3. See transcendental meditation .
4. devout religious contemplation or spiritual introspection.
[ 1175-1225; meditation- (s. of meditatio ) a thinking over (see MEDITATE, -ION); r. ME meditacioun ]